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Fuel Milage
I know that when your dealing with a Cobra or street rod that you dont worry about fuel milage, but im just corious to know what the fuel milage in your FE Cobras are. I am probably going to go with an Everett- Morrison Geneation IV with a 390 FE.
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did u mean SMILES per Gallon??
I get around 7-8mpg while not stepping too hard on the go-pedal.. With only a fuel pressure guage and a 40+ gallon tank, u still need to be aware of mpg.:D :D
Just fill er up and drive! Shaps |
I know you said "FE", but I'll toss in my .02 here anyway. My 418W made 499HP and 524TQ on the dyno and I was a little bit worried about fuel mileage with an 18 gallon cell; not for the cost, but because I wanted to be able to go a reasonable distance (200+ miles) between fill-ups on a road trip. I was hoping for 10-12 mpg and was delighted to find that I can get 13-14 around town and 16+ on the highway.
If my car got 6 miles to the gallon and gas were $5.00, I'd still be smiling; I'd just need a bigger gas tank! |
With the 0.68 OD, I get 15+ on the highway. When running hard and fun and just being stupid, I get about 4-5. 408W, 508 hp and 544 TQ on the dyno.
Who cares? :) Ran outta gas once, now I know that the gauge lies a little bit and that won't be happening again. Running outta gas sucked because it's dead and you're pumping the pedal hoping to squirt a little more in there to get another 50 yards and all the sudden you go from 0 to 500 horsepower immediately. The people in the line of cars behind me couldn't have been too amused!! JP |
JP,
Are you kidding? That must have been amusing as all get-out to watch: uuuhhhhh-SCREEECH!!!-uuuuhhhh-SCREEECH!!! :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: |
When I bought mine In Reno on the drive back to Tacoma WA through Susanvile and Shasta I got almost 13 MPG .It flunked emission test here at near sea level with a lean missfire.Had to richen it up to pass. Co went up also.
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